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he had just been nominated to be the supreme nato commander in europe. >> the secretary has asked the president and the president has agreed, to put his nomination on hold. >> reporter: but allen said he had done nothing wrong. the administration urged caution. >> i can tell you that the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country. >> no one should leap to any conclusions here. >> reporter: that assessment was apparently wise. the pentagon last night issued a statement that allen had been cleared by a military inspector general. his nomination could be back on track soon. as for jill kelley, she and her husband call suggestions of an affair with allen painful and preposterous. kelley said that and other misleading junk reporting was emotionally exhausting and damaging to her family. kelley says her privacy was violated. she became a media target rather than a victim. george? >> she made a compelling case in that piece. okay, pierre, thanks very much. >>> george, now to a big backlash for prince harry overnight. the 28-year-old army captain under fire n
he had just been nominated to be the supreme nato commander in europe. >> the secretary has asked the president and the president has agreed, to put his nomination on hold. >> reporter: but allen said he had done nothing wrong. the administration urged caution. >> i can tell you that the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country. >> no one should leap to any conclusions here. >> reporter: that assessment was apparently wise. the...
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president barack obama says he will put general john allen ford for the top nato job. tuesday he was cleared of misconduct over a series of emails he sent to a woman in florida. the accusations were made during the sex scandal that forced his former boss, general david petraeus, to resign as cia director. the u.s. defense secretary is poised to lift the ban on women serving in combat. it will open hundreds of thousands of frontline positions to females. officially, this is a major change, but on the ground, women are already involved in combat. >> since the founding of the country, it has been a core u.s. belief only straight men should fight in combat. under the obama administration, the prohibition on being openly gay was lifted. now, with little fanfare, the last restriction -- keeping women on the sidelines will be thrown out thursday. within a year, women who serve in the military -- they make up 14% of the force -- will be eligible to apply for 230,000 new jobs. the reason, the last two u.s. wars. >> there are no frontlines anymore. if you go all the way back to
president barack obama says he will put general john allen ford for the top nato job. tuesday he was cleared of misconduct over a series of emails he sent to a woman in florida. the accusations were made during the sex scandal that forced his former boss, general david petraeus, to resign as cia director. the u.s. defense secretary is poised to lift the ban on women serving in combat. it will open hundreds of thousands of frontline positions to females. officially, this is a major change, but...
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ambassador to nato, as well as other places. thank you, both, very much. nick, first to you. what did you hear today that would make anything any different in one of these outposts going forward? these are countries that cannot provide host government security. we are not budgeting the money for, certainly, not for marines and military security, and, in fact, this outpost in benghazi was basically an intelligence listening post where we didn't want to have a huge garrison. >> i heard a lot of the republican bickering from the campaign, because benghazi fell in the middle of the campaign between president obama and governor romney, and you heard residues of that this morning. i certainly understand that the republicans in the congress have an obligation to ask tough questions, but secretary clinton was forthcoming today, she took responsibility. she said she'd implement every single one of the recommendations of the accountability review board, and i thought she made a very good suggestion, let's work, the administration and congress, more effectively together on two areas. on
ambassador to nato, as well as other places. thank you, both, very much. nick, first to you. what did you hear today that would make anything any different in one of these outposts going forward? these are countries that cannot provide host government security. we are not budgeting the money for, certainly, not for marines and military security, and, in fact, this outpost in benghazi was basically an intelligence listening post where we didn't want to have a huge garrison. >> i heard a...
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allen's nomination to become top commander of nato is still on hold at this time. >>> investigators say a fire sparked on a boeing 787 dreamliner was not caused by an overcharged battery as first thought. japan's transport agency says the lithium ion battery that overheated on the 787 experienced a sudden drop in voltage. all 50 of the dreamliners have been grounded after the jet made an emergency landing in japan a week ago. boeing is trying to address those electrical problems. >>> the house is set to vote today to extend the nation's debt limit for another three months. house republicans are giving up demands for deep spending cuts in exchange for approving an increase to how much the government can bore row. the move keeps the u.s. from defaulting on its debt for the first time in american history. if approved the bill would require both chambers of congress to pass a budget or the congress will not get paid. >>> new evidence that leaders of the catholic church in los angeles shielded priests accused of sexually abusing children. about 30,000 pages of newly released documents made p
allen's nomination to become top commander of nato is still on hold at this time. >>> investigators say a fire sparked on a boeing 787 dreamliner was not caused by an overcharged battery as first thought. japan's transport agency says the lithium ion battery that overheated on the 787 experienced a sudden drop in voltage. all 50 of the dreamliners have been grounded after the jet made an emergency landing in japan a week ago. boeing is trying to address those electrical problems....
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john allen, and we learned today that president obama will resubmit allen's nomination as commander of nato forces in europe. the pentagon investigated general allen for sending potentially inappropriate e- mails to a florida woman linked to the david petraeus scandal, but yesterday allen was cleared of wrongdoing. the battle over the debt ceiling has been put off to another day because on this day the republican-controlled house voted 285-114 to allow the government to keep borrowing the money it needs to pay its bills through mid-may. the senate and the white house are expected to go along avoiding the threat of default that would rattle financial markets. in a survey of investors by bloomberg, 36% said america's fiscal woes are the biggest threat to the world economy, more than the 29% who named the european debt crisis. anthony mason is attending a meeting of world bankers in davos, switzerland. >> reporter: how strong do you think the u.s. economy actually is right now? >> i think the u.s. economy wants to be strong. >> reporter: but mary callahan erdoes says the bickering in washingto
john allen, and we learned today that president obama will resubmit allen's nomination as commander of nato forces in europe. the pentagon investigated general allen for sending potentially inappropriate e- mails to a florida woman linked to the david petraeus scandal, but yesterday allen was cleared of wrongdoing. the battle over the debt ceiling has been put off to another day because on this day the republican-controlled house voted 285-114 to allow the government to keep borrowing the money...
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when the scandal broke, allen's nomination to become the commander of nato forces was put on hold. the white house has not decided whether to go ahead with allen's nomination. >>> before the white house moves forward with the business of the second term, there was one last inaugural ball. last night it was the staff ball where president obama and first lady michelle thanked thousands of aides and campaign staffers. lady gaga and tony bennett performed. >>> britain's prince harry's family is facing fallout. after his controversial comments about his duty in afghanistan. in an interview this week he suggested he was good at his job as helicopter co-pilot because of his experience with xbox and play station. a taliban spokesperson called harry a coward who doesn't understand that this is a serious and historic yard. the scotland yard says his comments may put the prince in new danger and they're now reviewing his security. >> new york city apartments are often known for being a very tight fit but take a look at this. the tiny studio apartments that only measure up to 370 square feet.
when the scandal broke, allen's nomination to become the commander of nato forces was put on hold. the white house has not decided whether to go ahead with allen's nomination. >>> before the white house moves forward with the business of the second term, there was one last inaugural ball. last night it was the staff ball where president obama and first lady michelle thanked thousands of aides and campaign staffers. lady gaga and tony bennett performed. >>> britain's prince...
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money to nato. i think there's some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato, and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues going all across south of europe and it's going have a direct effect on that. there's a day of reckoning coming. i wish i could be more optimistic about it. we see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity that is being imposed, and they're going literally have to come the point where they have some tough decisions to make. because the u.s. simply not going to be there at the level and the presence and the protection they're used to and have relied oned in the past. >> [inaudible] i would your legacy. >> it's nice to sea see you. >> thank you, senator for coming and more than thirty years of service in your country. you're on the energy and resources committee also, we are continuing to send almost $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil, and your colleague senator lugar, for a long time has told us tha
money to nato. i think there's some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato, and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues going all across south of europe and it's going have a direct effect on that. there's a day of reckoning coming. i wish i could be more optimistic about it. we see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity that is being imposed, and they're going literally have to come the point where they have...
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the president moved and decided he was going to become engaged to nato in ways that met our interests at the time it got the job done. i thought it was smart. the way he approached that was very effective and the results were exactly what we wanted to cheat. we could tell if we did this -- results were exactly what we wanted to achieve. i think the american people approved of the way that was handled. the aftermath of all of these places, we need to spend some time on this. there is a monumental transformation taking place. this is the biggest upheaval of the bill that part of the world since the ottoman empire. --y of the country's countries lines were drawn in relatively arbitrary ways. it is a highly sectarian, divided, tribal part of the world. i am not sure every policy has always been as sensitive or thoughtful about that as it ought to be. >> i want to clarify. on my state about libya, i was not suggesting the u.s. should have invaded. we did -- have we extended that, the, that and it sooner. a shorter conflict would have led to a government that would have been stronger. >> ho
the president moved and decided he was going to become engaged to nato in ways that met our interests at the time it got the job done. i thought it was smart. the way he approached that was very effective and the results were exactly what we wanted to cheat. we could tell if we did this -- results were exactly what we wanted to achieve. i think the american people approved of the way that was handled. the aftermath of all of these places, we need to spend some time on this. there is a...
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after a while, nato took the mission into something different. it is important to remember how it started. it is a fair question to say -- why did you act in libya in this circumstance under the doctrine, if you will, under the principle, if you will, of the responsibility do protect noncombatants? why did you choose to do that in libya and not choose to do that in other places? each circumstance is significantly different. it has to be measured on its own merit. it also addresses the limits of power. military power does not solve all problems. there was a un security council resolution that called for its mission and authorized all available means. in syria, there is no such security council resolution that would provide the legal underpinnings for an operation in syria similar to what was conducted in libya. great question, but there are significant differences. syria is not in my region. i am a long, long way from being a syrian expert. that is how i kind of see the difference. >> thank you, dr. scott. general. on the president of it organize
after a while, nato took the mission into something different. it is important to remember how it started. it is a fair question to say -- why did you act in libya in this circumstance under the doctrine, if you will, under the principle, if you will, of the responsibility do protect noncombatants? why did you choose to do that in libya and not choose to do that in other places? each circumstance is significantly different. it has to be measured on its own merit. it also addresses the limits of...
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he was not from nato command or the eastern regional command. he was not -- i mean, why was this elite force operating in kicking in doors of farmers? the mystery that begins the investigation. >> and you take this back to the united states and show at mcraven, a photograph. >> after we learned this figure, william mcraven, was a leader of this great, our fellow sort of -- this journey was like pulling on the tale of an elephant behind a hidden wall. you're pulling on it and the cracks start to show what is behind the wall and you realize this is part of a much bigger story. that kicked off a journey that took us to elsewhere. for us, just this incredible looking glass moment happened when osama bin laden was killed. all of the sudden, everybody is talking about jsoc. it is everywhere. we spent so much time embedded in the story when there were so but little been written about it except a small circle of journalists. and all of the seven people whose journey we have been tracking have become national -- all of this sudden, people whose journey w
he was not from nato command or the eastern regional command. he was not -- i mean, why was this elite force operating in kicking in doors of farmers? the mystery that begins the investigation. >> and you take this back to the united states and show at mcraven, a photograph. >> after we learned this figure, william mcraven, was a leader of this great, our fellow sort of -- this journey was like pulling on the tale of an elephant behind a hidden wall. you're pulling on it and the...
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. >> reporter: the land nato liberated from moammar gadhafi is now home to multiple training camps for potential terrorists. >> islamist militants sympathetic to al qaeda have established safe havens in several parts of libya. >> reporter: benghazi, where americans were targeted and four killed is just one of the strongholds, but the camps are spread throughout the country. libyan officials tell cnn terrorism analyst paul cro crookshank. >> amongst those numbers are people with direct alexandres to al qaeda. >> three training camps in the desert near the algerian border. that's only 30 miles from the gas complex that's still under siege. a u.s. official tells cnn the militants who seized american hostages likely crossed that border to carry out their attack. >> libya is a lesson in what the international community can achieve. >> reporter: president obama called the limited operation in libya is recipe for the future. >> not single u.s. troop was on the ground. >> reporter: but that lightfoot print left room for others to step in. ayman al zawahiri, al qaeda's leader in 2011, dispatche
. >> reporter: the land nato liberated from moammar gadhafi is now home to multiple training camps for potential terrorists. >> islamist militants sympathetic to al qaeda have established safe havens in several parts of libya. >> reporter: benghazi, where americans were targeted and four killed is just one of the strongholds, but the camps are spread throughout the country. libyan officials tell cnn terrorism analyst paul cro crookshank. >> amongst those numbers are...
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if it's too much to refuel a nato ally while they deal with the shared terrorist threat, what will we do? jon: danielle pletka from the american enterprise institute, it's good to have you on. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> well, secretary of state hillary clinton p wrapping up unfinished business as she approaches the end of her tenure. we'll take a look at how the benghazi terror attack could affect her political future including a possible presidential run in 2016. >> new next hour secretary of a state hillary clinton largely getting rave reviews in the media for her performance in yesterday's hearing on the benghazi terror attacks. simple stamp of approval or something more? our news watch panel will be weighing in on that one. >>> a las vegas woman is suing match.com for nearly $10 million after a man she met on that dating site nearly beat her to death. does she have a case? our legal panel will be weighing in. >>> and incredible video of a shootout in texas that happened two years ago. bank robbers firing on police in a desperate getaway attempt. more shocking video plu
if it's too much to refuel a nato ally while they deal with the shared terrorist threat, what will we do? jon: danielle pletka from the american enterprise institute, it's good to have you on. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> well, secretary of state hillary clinton p wrapping up unfinished business as she approaches the end of her tenure. we'll take a look at how the benghazi terror attack could affect her political future including a possible presidential run in 2016....
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the tough thing was building nato afterwards. wasn't winning world war ii the tough thing? i think it's a revealing little insight into his mind that deep down all this war stuff, that was kind of in the past, and sometimes you had to do it, but that's not really what a real statesman of the 21st century does. international engagement and avoid war at all costs. jon: some have suggested that the policies he pushed or emphasized like, you know, expanding gay marriage, for instance, don't cost anything, don't take money out of the federal budget. >> well, that might be true in some case cans, but again there, i mean, he makes that sound as if there's a universal consensus in the united states that gay rights is of the same standing as the civil rights movement from selma to stonewall. wasn't president obama himself not in favor of gay marriage until six months ago? do you have to believe in same-sex marriage if you believe in the principles of the declaration of independence? i don't think so. i don't think most americans think that's just obviously the right thing to be for
the tough thing was building nato afterwards. wasn't winning world war ii the tough thing? i think it's a revealing little insight into his mind that deep down all this war stuff, that was kind of in the past, and sometimes you had to do it, but that's not really what a real statesman of the 21st century does. international engagement and avoid war at all costs. jon: some have suggested that the policies he pushed or emphasized like, you know, expanding gay marriage, for instance, don't cost...
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and nato forces ran themselves through surrogates and other countries so that we don't have to pack a a 1.4 million of our citizens in engagements again and again so we don't have to do that, there's nothing from the right wing saying you know what? i have problems with the domestic policies of this president or whatever but i'm not going to open up the door where i'm going to call him a muslim. i'm not going to do that and make it both a pejorative and or accusatory. >> don't you think this is online with the inherent lack of disrespect they seem to have for this president? >> lack of respect. >> lack of respect. disrespect or lack of respect. >> hal: i think there's two reasons why they have a lack of respect. one is they can't have respect for him and then get re-elected later in their mind. >> it is worse now than it's ever been with any other democratic president. >> hal: i agree. there is something knee-jerk and guttural about it. if you look at their -- their vilification of bill clinton, we forget because the economy -- we didn't go through a major snap during that time like w
and nato forces ran themselves through surrogates and other countries so that we don't have to pack a a 1.4 million of our citizens in engagements again and again so we don't have to do that, there's nothing from the right wing saying you know what? i have problems with the domestic policies of this president or whatever but i'm not going to open up the door where i'm going to call him a muslim. i'm not going to do that and make it both a pejorative and or accusatory. >> don't you think...
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while nato led forces move to a support role. military commanders are sending some soldiers back to school for a lesson in culture tolerance. nhk world's hideki yui reports. >> reporter: a somber mood takes over at the headquarters of international forces in kabul every sunday during a weekly ceremony to remember troops killed in afghanistan. >> we should know that the heroes we honor today will not have died in vain. amen. >> reporter: some 400 foreign soldiers died last year in afghanistan. at least 61 were victims of insider attacks. that's about 30 times the number five years ago. rising anti-u.s. sentiment in afghanistan is partly to blame. angry afghans took to the streets last february after the burning of copies of the koran by u.s. military personnel. amid deep religious and cultural differences many afghan soldiers feel humiliated by foreigners' behavior. >> translator: if an american soldier crosses his legs, it makes me angry and i tell him to stop. >> reporter: insurgents are taking advantage of such emotions. this t
while nato led forces move to a support role. military commanders are sending some soldiers back to school for a lesson in culture tolerance. nhk world's hideki yui reports. >> reporter: a somber mood takes over at the headquarters of international forces in kabul every sunday during a weekly ceremony to remember troops killed in afghanistan. >> we should know that the heroes we honor today will not have died in vain. amen. >> reporter: some 400 foreign soldiers died last year...
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marine general john allen is back on track to become supreme commander of nato forces in europe. white house officials said today his nomination is no longer on hold. that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800 reported incidents. many of the cases stemmed from a scandal at lackland air force base near san antonio. an investigation there found 32 instructors allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with nearly 60 female service members. at a house hearing, the air force chief of staff general mark welsh called the numbers appalling. >> there is no way we can allow this to happen again. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. it's the only acceptable objective. the impact on every victim, their family, their friends, the other people in their unit is heart
marine general john allen is back on track to become supreme commander of nato forces in europe. white house officials said today his nomination is no longer on hold. that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800...
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umbrella over nato. i think there are some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues, going all across the south of europe. that will have a direct effect. it is a day of reckoning. i wish i could be more optimistic about it, but we all see what the fiscal constraints are and the austerity that is being imposed. they're going to literally have to come to the point where they have some tough decisions to make because the u.s. simply will not be there at the level and the presence and the protection that they used to and have relied on in the past. >> my name is mcfarland. >> nice to see you. >> thank you, center, from -- senator, for coming. you are on the energy and national -- natural resources committee also. we are continuing to send almost $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil, and your colleagues -- for a long time, has told us that the only time to be a cartel is through competition.
umbrella over nato. i think there are some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues, going all across the south of europe. that will have a direct effect. it is a day of reckoning. i wish i could be more optimistic about it, but we all see what the fiscal constraints are and the austerity that is being imposed. they're going to literally have to come to the point where they have...
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heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups the army's also received logistical support from its nato allies while the e.u. is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train them early and. u.k. based political analyst dan glazebrook says paris is intervention is a result of failed western strategy for. the west and unfunded may quit these these death squads effectively in libya the flow of weapons and fighters red them across the region which was again playing into the program of the west to destabilize the region and they ended up in northern mali the hope was that after libya algeria would fall and that the destabilization would spread to algeria and this hasn't happened the rebels have made that very same northern mali and now what we're seeing in recent weeks is that the insurgency is starting to spread south into southern mali so france and britain i'm thinking no no no this is not the idea at all so no bombing mali to try and bomb the rebels back in to help them back north. i mean time of the u.s. says its involvement in the mali operation is currently limited to int
heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups the army's also received logistical support from its nato allies while the e.u. is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train them early and. u.k. based political analyst dan glazebrook says paris is intervention is a result of failed western strategy for. the west and unfunded may quit these these death squads effectively in libya the flow of weapons and fighters red them across the region which was again playing into the program...
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and its nato allies should let other states deal with their own problems. we should not be intervening in countries that we don't understand and i mean i think libya and syria stand as present day examples of that iraq and afghanistan also stand as examples of that we can't you go to countries where we have an interest and that cannes to blind our judgment as to what really is going on on the ground i think if we could let countries kind of settle their problems internally yes people are going to get killed but i think it would be far quicker and far fewer damage to people's to lives to property then when the great powers get involved and that includes eco us in the un i think the government our government the united states wastes a lot of money this is another example of that. and those more analysis on the conflict in moscow now website including a political accidents from the british stop the war coalition says the muslim government made a grave mistake seeking the help of a power he believes responsible for design stuff the disaster in the region since
and its nato allies should let other states deal with their own problems. we should not be intervening in countries that we don't understand and i mean i think libya and syria stand as present day examples of that iraq and afghanistan also stand as examples of that we can't you go to countries where we have an interest and that cannes to blind our judgment as to what really is going on on the ground i think if we could let countries kind of settle their problems internally yes people are going...
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working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya in their gallant raid of two thousand and eleven so libya's becoming an al-qaeda playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months so what now patrick how do you deal with the consequence of what you see as a mistake with that libyan intervention how do you deal with it france is saying that they're trying to prevent mali becoming a terrorist state so you've got to do something haven't you and isn't the military operation the right thing to do. well it's really what's really unusual but really disturbing right now is that without any question without any really debate in foreign policy circles countries one of the united states the u.k. and france are now militarily active in the african theater in a very deep fashion and this is very disturbing you know what you see here is it's not politically tenable for the u.s. or for british to intervene directly militarily so th
working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya in their gallant raid of two thousand and eleven so libya's becoming an al-qaeda playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months so what now patrick how do you deal with the consequence of what you see as a mistake with that libyan intervention how do you deal with it france...
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the heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups also received it just tickles support from its nato allies while the e.u. is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train the mahdi army chief political analyst patrick henningsen i spoke to madeleine he says its business interests which france is actually trying to safeguard with its troops and air force. well in the mainstream media will tell you in the short term that the the islamic al qaeda in the islamic magreb is is to blame for this. with regards to the hostage situation or jury or what france and what your other news competitors are neglecting to tell the world is that the al qaeda in the islamic magreb is working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france itself intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya and their gallant raid of libya in two thousand and eleven so libya is becoming how kind of a playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months without any question without any really de
the heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups also received it just tickles support from its nato allies while the e.u. is preparing to send hundreds of military personnel to train the mahdi army chief political analyst patrick henningsen i spoke to madeleine he says its business interests which france is actually trying to safeguard with its troops and air force. well in the mainstream media will tell you in the short term that the the islamic al qaeda in the islamic magreb is is to...
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and its nato allies should let nations do with their own problems. we should not be intervening in countries that we don't understand and i mean i think libya and syria stand as present day examples of that iraq and afghanistan also stand as examples of that we tend to go to countries where we have an interest and that tends to blind our judgment as to what really is going on on the ground i think if we could let countries kind of settle their problems internally yes people are going to get killed but i think it would be far quicker and far fewer damage to people's to lives to property then when the great powers get involved and that includes ico us in the un i think the government our government the united states wastes a lot of money this is another example of that. daughter com we have a much more analysis on the ongoing situation in mali including why france is spearheading a dangerous military campaign despite president luns previous promise there would be no french boots on the ground you can look online to share your opinions in the comments s
and its nato allies should let nations do with their own problems. we should not be intervening in countries that we don't understand and i mean i think libya and syria stand as present day examples of that iraq and afghanistan also stand as examples of that we tend to go to countries where we have an interest and that tends to blind our judgment as to what really is going on on the ground i think if we could let countries kind of settle their problems internally yes people are going to get...
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is calling for more international backing the former pentagon official michael maloof believes its nato allies there won't be that. for ten years of doing something similar in afghanistan were ready to pull out. to move back in so there's some question as to just how effective this approach is going to be and i think that this is something that the french are going to have to to weigh for themselves but it also could bring a number of other countries back into a long drawn out conflict already germany is beginning to show some resistance to this and are concerned about the extent of help that they give simply because they see another protracted effort such as they experienced. in afghanistan. now the u.s. says its involvement in the mali operation is currently limited to intelligence sharing but it wasn't always like this many millions who were trained by american agents to combat militants have now switched sides in a fighting among the militants retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen says the current turmoil is a fallout of washington's reckless indifference in the country's
is calling for more international backing the former pentagon official michael maloof believes its nato allies there won't be that. for ten years of doing something similar in afghanistan were ready to pull out. to move back in so there's some question as to just how effective this approach is going to be and i think that this is something that the french are going to have to to weigh for themselves but it also could bring a number of other countries back into a long drawn out conflict already...
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he's also received the gist the core support from its nato allies or the e.u. prepares to send hundreds of its military personnel to train them early and a u.k. based political analyst dan glazebrook joins us now to tell us more about the whole prospects of the mission and more talk about the rising threat of retaliation strikes as well a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on it has been now less than a week since france intervened in mali there already we are seeing retaliate attacks in the form of hostages being taken off france in the country supporting this campaign sufficiently prepared do you think to deal with the fallout well i think they know that this is going to be a long drawn out war i mean the first thing i was reminded of when i. saying all of this would just be a few weeks remind me of nothing more than defense secretary the british defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. ev
he's also received the gist the core support from its nato allies or the e.u. prepares to send hundreds of its military personnel to train them early and a u.k. based political analyst dan glazebrook joins us now to tell us more about the whole prospects of the mission and more talk about the rising threat of retaliation strikes as well a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on it has been now less than a week since france intervened in mali there already we are seeing retaliate attacks in the...
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called terrorists mark go ahead tell even want to know in the last year you were all terrorists and nato they commit terrorist acts i think the tone has changed also because what we have seen is that the western media which has done a very good job of preventing presenting an extremely black and white simplistic cartoonish. good versus bad narrative of what's going on hasn't been able to conceal the atrocities the sheer bloody atrocities that have been committed by the rebels and they can't hide the true nature of the conflict any longer which is an ethno religious conflict the fact that this revolution has always been a sunni and not just a sunni but they will harvest sunni because there are plenty of cities that actually support the government. and this is a sunni sectarian and jihadist jihad us from around the world from the united states japan china as well as a little bit at least yes many from libya they have the senate and it is that against the shall we say the secular sunni population the alloy the christians especially have been terribly persecuted even the through and the kurd
called terrorists mark go ahead tell even want to know in the last year you were all terrorists and nato they commit terrorist acts i think the tone has changed also because what we have seen is that the western media which has done a very good job of preventing presenting an extremely black and white simplistic cartoonish. good versus bad narrative of what's going on hasn't been able to conceal the atrocities the sheer bloody atrocities that have been committed by the rebels and they can't...
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loomis will join forces sparking wider conflict in north africa forty one percent say an expansive nato led libya style bombing campaign of course is something we just analyzed with our correspondent and guests there and then six percent only six percent think that a french reoccupation of mali is what the future holds a smaller percent say that western troops withdraw as public pressure on hold on grows and like we heard as casualties grows we are seeing more and more public pressure on the french president. well coming up the situation of course in algeria has caused the british prime minister to indefinitely postponed his speech on the u. case number six in the e.u. but the extracts released from his speech reveal some harsh predictions with cameron claiming gear up may fall apart our live report is coming up for you just ahead. we speak your language anything about the war not against. the music programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angle this story. for you here. altie spanish to find out more visit actuality. mission free could y
loomis will join forces sparking wider conflict in north africa forty one percent say an expansive nato led libya style bombing campaign of course is something we just analyzed with our correspondent and guests there and then six percent only six percent think that a french reoccupation of mali is what the future holds a smaller percent say that western troops withdraw as public pressure on hold on grows and like we heard as casualties grows we are seeing more and more public pressure on the...
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escalate the conflict in north africa a little less than the third believe it will lead to a large scale nato bomb campaign something similar perhaps to what we saw in libya one thousand percent or so i think that predicts or i should say the reoccupation of mali by france and. in the west african nations future and only four percent or so expect western troops to withdraw amid growing pressure on french president hollande will go online today r.t. dot com and have your say. britain's prime minister cameron has warned the u.k. to prepare for bad news confirming several british citizens have in fact been captured by militants in algeria now the crisis forced david cameron to postpone his long awaited address on britain's status within the e.u. which he was due to deliver this friday details now for you from archie's saraf earth. oh i'm going hostage situation in algeria of course that was the reason for the postponement but of course we've seen some of the extracts coming out of that speech that he was to to give in the netherlands today and certainly there was some strong words in it he said
escalate the conflict in north africa a little less than the third believe it will lead to a large scale nato bomb campaign something similar perhaps to what we saw in libya one thousand percent or so i think that predicts or i should say the reoccupation of mali by france and. in the west african nations future and only four percent or so expect western troops to withdraw amid growing pressure on french president hollande will go online today r.t. dot com and have your say. britain's prime...
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escalate the conflict in north africa over a quarter or so believe that that it will lead to a large scale nato led libya style campaign per se some twenty percent think we'll see a french reoccupation in mali and only five percent expect western troops to withdraw amid a growing pressure on french president perhaps he will be isolated go online have your say on what you think is happening on this very precious pressing issue well britain's prime minister has warned the u.k. to prepare for bad news as around ten british citizens are in militant captivity in algeria the crisis forced david cameron to postpone his long awaited address on britain's status within the e.u. which he was due to deliver this friday details now from artie's sarah ferguson. ongoing hostage situation in algeria of course that was the reason for the postponement but of course he's seen some of the extracts coming out of that speech that he was key to give in the netherlands today and certainly there was some strong words in it he said that there was a gap between the and his citizens and that if something wasn't done to ad
escalate the conflict in north africa over a quarter or so believe that that it will lead to a large scale nato led libya style campaign per se some twenty percent think we'll see a french reoccupation in mali and only five percent expect western troops to withdraw amid a growing pressure on french president perhaps he will be isolated go online have your say on what you think is happening on this very precious pressing issue well britain's prime minister has warned the u.k. to prepare for bad...
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concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely if not protesting there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central bank twenty thirty look set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of a r.t. berlin right town seek a look at what else is making news around the world and thousands have marched through the greek capital athens parading the coffin of a pakistani immigrants who was stabbed to death earlier this week the country has seen a surge in anti immigrant anger in races attacks since the start of economic crisis three years ago demonstrators accuse the right wing party golden dawn of racism
concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely if not protesting there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting...
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concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold. war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely and artistic there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty look set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of the arty berlin watching to live from moscow now is take a look at some of the stories from around the world in bulgaria a man has tried to shoot the leader of bulgaria's ethnic turkish party during a televised conference the attacker was arrested at the scene after he climbed the podium with a gun to the head of his victim and double misfire further investigation showed that the attacker was of turkish descent
concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold. war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely and artistic there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready...